No. 25-6626

Terrance Carew v. Robert Morton, Superintendent, Downstate Correctional Facility

Lower Court: Second Circuit
Docketed: 2026-01-20
Status: Pending
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: batson-challenge constitutional-rights equal-protection ineffective-assistance jury-selection racial-discrimination
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether an attorney has necessarily provided ineffective assistance of counsel when, after making successful Batson claims, he fails to insist on a remedy and allows his client to be tried by a jury selected by racially discriminatory means?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether an attorney has necessarily provided ineffective assistance of counsel when, after making successful Batson claims, he fails to insist on a remedy and allows his client to be tried by a jury selected by racially discriminatory means?

Docket Entries

2026-01-12
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 19, 2026)
2025-11-04
Application (25A510) granted by Justice Sotomayor extending the time to file until January 12, 2026.
2025-10-31
Application (25A510) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from November 11, 2025 to January 10, 2026, submitted to Justice Sotomayor.

Attorneys

Terrance Carew
David FitzmauriceAppellate Advocates, Petitioner